Cut splice

A form of splice used to make an eye in the middle of a rope rather than at an end. The rope is cut, and each fresh end is then spliced into the other rope sufficiently far along to make the eye. Alternatively, a separate short length of rope is spliced in. (Although the aetiology of the name is interesting, I would prefer not to delve into it in public … )

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